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Old March 2nd 05, 06:39 AM
Adam
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Default [student] magnetic field on venus

Hi,

If our magnetic field protects our atmosphere from being blown away by
solar winds then how come venus can maintain an atmosphere 90x the
pressure of ours without a magnetic field?

I thought gravity except Venus is less dense and smaller than Earth so
I guess thats ruled out.

Can someone help? or point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance,
Adam.